Jan 20, 2021
Dead Website Story #3: feedmag.com the first webzine.
Feedmag.com was one of the first internet startups that believed that the internet could be the medium for new interactive online magazines called webzines. This startup was founded in May 1995 by Stefanie Syman and Steven Johnson and started with a simple table with an Apple II. To say that you just need a little to start an internet venture. The founding team convinced some handful of published authors to contribute. Most of These contributors are now successful book writers, novelists, and web publishers. Persons like Sam Lipsyte, Wonkette’s Ana Marie Cox, media theorist Clay Shirky, New Yorker music critic Alex Ross, Talkingpointmemo’s Josh Marshall, and many others.
here is the front page of this webzine
and you can still connect with feedmag.com founders because they are still active online
It is sometimes difficult to find historical data of a dead website like I do with feedmag.com but the number of backlinks this website has can tell you that it was a quite successful web venture. here the data about this website that come from semrush
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